 In 1920, he tied for 9-10th in Moscow (1st USSR Championship) won by Alekhine.Then he returned to Poland, and lived in Łódź where he took 2nd behind Jakub Kolski in 1922/23 and tied for 1st-2nd with Gottesdiener in 1924.The same year, he took 3rd in Warsaw ("Quadrangular"; Gottesdiener won) and represented Poland at 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+6 –4 =3).